Creating Machine Embroidery with Alison Holt

Now Available for Download In this 3+ hour video workshop master embroiderer Alison Holt demonstrates her most requested techniques for producing flowers, foliage and landscapes equally effective on plain or handpainted fabric backgrounds. Working with just Straight and Zigzag stitches, Alison shows how to achieve artistic results with a basic sewing machine. She then goes on to develop depth and contrast in her work by incorporating painted backgrounds. Finally, Alison brings all of her teaching skills together to achieve a wonderful landscape, Penylan Lane, incorporating a variety of stitch techniques, silk painting, and developing a palette of thread colors for highlights and shadows. A wonderful workshop for those who want to learn how to paint with thread and stitches Includes PDF notes with chapter list. Runtime: 198 minutes